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21-yr-old woman killed in I-77 crash identified

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The woman killed in a crash on Interstate 77 in Copley Tuesday morning has been identified as 21-year-old Sydney Hanlon.

The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. near Cleveland-Massillon Road. 

According to the Ohio State Patrol, the Akron woman was driving a 2002 Ford Explorer southbound on I-77 when she drove off the left side of the road and then overcorrected, driving off the right side. The car struck an embankment and rolled over multiple times.

She was ejected from her car and pinned under the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said she was not wearing a seat belt.

Investigators do not suspect alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.

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